It's on planet mu, as is most of his stuff. I d/l'ed a leak, but I'm probably going to buy it, I actually buy most of his stuff. It took me a few listens to really get into it but now I love it. It's REALLY, uh... "acidy". Here's a (admittingly somewhat confusing) link either way:

http://narod.ru/disk/6885559000/f-mp3.rar.html
(it's all in a different language, but just type in the numbers, click the green button, then click the link on the next page)

great thread.

so far:

Zu - Carboniferous
The Bad Plus & Wendy Lewis - For All I Care
Faust - C'est Compliqué

John Zorn - The Crucible

(it came out in 2009 in europe...but i guess in america in 2008, or?)

i guess this is the year of rock: SY, Dino Jr., Wilco, Neil Young and maybe Built to Spill will release new tunes. New Magik Markers and Tortoise can't be bad either.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was blown away by FOR ALL I CARE. I think "Comfortably Numb" and "Radio Cure" are total standouts. And I love the f'd up tempo changes in "Lithium."

Albums / EPs I heard that I enjoyed (in no order):

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Mountains - Choral
DJ Signify - Of Cities
Psychic Ills - Mirror Eye
These Are Powers - All Aboard Future
Wavves - Wavvves
WYLD WYZRDZ - Light Upon Light, Wave Upon Wave
Excepter - STREAM 58
Excepter - STREAM 57 (I prefer 58)
Dälek - Gutter Tactics
Loren Connors & Jim O'Rourke - Two Nice Catholic Boys
Abe Vigoda - Reviver EP
WEAVE! - WEAVE!
Telepathe - Dance Mother
Zu - Carboniferous
Emeralds - What Happened
Eric Copeland - RGAG
NLF3 - Ride On A Brand New Time
Tim Hecker - An IMaginary Country
Yagya - Rigning

Will mention more albums when i get home, but honestly my front runner for album of the year at this point is Neige's new album Amesoeurs -S/T. If people on this forum don't listen to this album, I might have to quit/never return.

The flaming lips cover is great too.

Nothing People "Late Night" LP
Dan Melchior und Das Menace "Thankyou Very Much" 2xLP
The Hunches "Exit Dreams" LP
Ratas del Vaticano "Mocosos Pateticos" LP
and the forthcoming Eat Skull "Wild & Inside" LP are setting bar so far...

All I see are a bunch of names. I never know what new albums to listen to unless it is a band I'm already familiar with.

The simplest thing to do is just look up some of these artists on last.fm and if they sound interesting to you, check 'em out.

i just buy stuff from certain labels i like or something i have read from another source. i did that pre internet and i still do that. i almost never listen to anything before i buy it.

plus, i'm using my roommates computer so i can't download anything. soon i'll have the internet on my phone, but that doesn't help me music wise.

Yeah, never paid much attention to Emeralds until this pretty unanimous endorsement. Stunning stuff.

i have barely listened to new albums but i really love
the new
ZU
and
mark mcguire-tidings II

i am now listening to the new emeralds and liking it a lot.

i think a have heard a few more, but nothing amazing

zu
animal collective
mass of the fermenting dregs
condo fucks
these are powers
future of the left
the number 12 looks like you
pains of being pure at heart
factory records box set
boredoms
school of seven bells (maybe 2008....not certain..)
wavves (the 2009 album)
merzbow- somei / camouflage / 13 japanese birds
yeah yeah yeahs (its a grower....trust me..im sorry)
franz ferdinand (yeah, its a good pop indie album so there)
aidan moffat and the best ofs


a few more but now i am blanked.


..and you will know us by the trail of the dead (yeah, its actually good!!!)

Woah really? Pan Sonic with Sunn0))) sounds great, if you find it please let me know

Just heard it. It's brilliant. I love it

Don't forget the new Lightning Bolt album.

Yeah, they're great! Someone somewhere is going to disagree with me, but it reminds me of a cross between Japanther and the Coachwhips. Who are two bands I LOVE, so.... The production, the fun keyboard farts, the simplicity, the awesome melodies, the energy, etc. Just really great stuff. One of the bands worth all the hype... to me.

yes
I must admit I never really understood the amount of hate against Franz Ferdinand. I mean they're certainly not geniuses, but I like them. I enjoyed the first one, the second was still good, and though I was expecting to hate the new one because come on, three albums of just the same thing can get really boring, well, it still works imo. A pleasant album - not really more, but not really less.